ECB conference entitled ‘Staying? I’m leaving; I return;” for the mobility of specialized scientific potential
83.5% of PhDs graduating in 2022 from Greek universities he states that he has no plans to leave the country in the near future, however the rest declare that they intend to settle permanently abroad for the continuation of their research activity, for their academic career and for professional employment in non-research jobs.
The above results from the statistics of the National Documentation and Electronic Content Center (EKT) for the PhDs that graduated from Greek universities in 2022. It is noted that in 2022, 1,923 new PhDs were awarded from Greek HEIs.
The highest mobility abroad is listed among the Ph.D.s of of Natural Sciences (26.5%), while those specializing in Engineering Sciences and Technology follow with a small margin (24.4%).
The lowest mobility is recorded among those coming from two scientific fields, Humanities-Arts and Medicine-Health Sciences.
The USA and the UK are the countries that gather the most preferences of new PhDs for relocation abroad (12.3% and 11.6%, respectively), followed by Germany (10.2%), France (5.3%) and other EU countries (30.2 %). 20% still do not know where they are likely to settle, while 4.9% of those who intend to settle abroad choose another country, apart from the aforementioned, which is not a member state of the EU and 1.8% Asia.
Investigating among the new PhDs who are oriented to settle abroad, whether they have found or are looking for a job position, it emerges that 47% have already found a job, while 53% are looking for one.
“Stay; I’m leaving; I return;”. This question is posed by the conference on the mobility of specialized scientific potential, organized by the ECB tomorrow and Saturday at the National Research Foundation, in Athens.
The aim of the conference is to discuss the new trends and forms of the mobility of the scientific potential and to analyze the phenomenon holistically and multifaceted in order to highlight the emerging challenges and opportunities for scientists, society and the economy.
The conference, organized as part of the Knowledge4Policy@EKT action, is designed to be a forum for structured and multi-participatory dialogue.
37 speakers will participate in four rounds of discussions, while two interactive sessions will also take place.
Participation and monitoring of the conference proceedings is free, by completing the relevant registration form at: https://knowledge4policy.ekt.gr/conference2023. There will also be a live broadcast from the ECB’s YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@ektgr/streams
The conference is under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Governance.
Source: Skai
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